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H. E. THOMPSON.

AWNING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 21,1919.

Patented July 13, 1920..

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Patented July 13; 1920.

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H, E.. THOMPSON.

AWNING DEVICE.-

APPLICATION FILED MAY 21, 1919.

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AWNING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 21, I919.

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, AWNING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 2!, 1919.

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AWNING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FlLED MAY 21, 1919.

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HENRYE. THOMPSON, or NEWARK, NEW JERSEY.

Y I AWNING DEVICE To all whom it may concern; I

wines; and I do hereby declare the follow and exact description of the inventiomsuch as will enable others Be it known that I, HENRY THoMrsoN,

i a citizen of the United States, residin at Newark, in the county of Essexand tate of New Jersey, have invented certain new and. useful Improvements in Awning Deing to be a full, clear,

skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

Thls .lIlVBIltlOl'l relates to means for opcrating awning and other frames, and has hold all-of the runnin for'its object to provide a device which will be simple in construction, comparatively.

inexpensive to' manufacture, and whichwill times, so thatthe crea ing,

flapping "and othernoises which are caused by the wind moving the present awning frames are 'en-" avoided.

' tirel v With this and other objects in view, the

invention consistsin the novel details of construction, and icombinations of parts 1 more fully hereinafter disclosed and particularly pointed out in the claims.

v a further modified form of the invention] Referring to' the accompanying drawings forming. a part of this specification-1n which like numerals designate like parts in all the.

views:'.-

Figure 1'-.1s a diagrammatic perspective 'iew illustrating one form of my invention, Fig. 2 is a View similar to Fig. 1, showing a slightly. modified form of the invention Fig. 3 1s a longitudinal sectional view through a Window and frame,'illustrating here shown in elevation;

awning is attached to a screen;

, Fig. 5 is a front elevational view-partly broken away illustrating the details of the hoistingdevices illustrated, in Figs. 1 to 3; Fig. 6 isa central vertical sectional view of the parts shown inF1g.'5,-

Fig. is an enlarged-detail sectional view of a portion of the parts shown in Fig.- 4;

Fig. 8 .is a front elevational view of a further modified form of hoisting device or reel, especially adapted to operate on oppo-v site sides of the same wall;

Fig. 9 is aside elevational-,viewpartly broken away of the parts-illustrated in Fig.

7 showing the same applied toa wall;

j end 8 of a cord 9 parts taut at all 21, located Flg. 4 is'a view similar. to Fig. 3 showing a still further modified form in which the in "its down Fig. 10 is an end elevational View of a further modified form of reel; and Fig. 11 is a side elevational view of the parts shown in Fig. 9. -R eferring more particularly to Fig. 1, 1 indicates the wall or other support to which the awning or other frame 2 is pivoted as at' 3. and 4, and 50 indicates the. awning (shown in dottedilines) extending over said frame 2. To the wall 1 is also attached the reel, or'other hoistin device 5 under which convenlently passes tie cord or chain .6, and one end 7 of said chain is attached to one passing through the pulley or guide 10, likewise secured ,to said wall 1.

' The other end 11 of said cord 9, is attached tdthesprmg 12, which is connected to the frame 2, as at 13.- Llkewise attached to said frame 2, as at 13, is one end 14 of a cord 15, passing through a pulley or'guide 16, attached to said wall 1, then down from said pulley 16 to form. a bight 17 and then up through a pulley l8-attached to said wall 1, at or near be shaded. After leaving said pulley 18, the. cord 15 runs along the upper edge 20, of the window and passes through a pulley at or near another corner of said-window. -After leaving the pulley'2l, said cord 15 extends to the pulley 26 and frame 2, andits other end 22 is'. attached to said frame as at the point 23.

Patented July 13,1920. Appliqatidn filed may 21, 1919. Serial No. 298,608.

one corner of the window to The operation of my means of hoisting 1 awning and other frames will be clear from the foregoingjbut ma be briefly summarized. as follows:'. pon' -turning[ the handle 25 of the hoisting I wise direction, as seen in Fig. 1, the sprocket chain 6 will be pulled down, while itsend 7 will be permitted to rise as seen in said The downward travel of thechain or cord 6 will cause'fhe'bight 17 of the cord ,15 to descend, and the ends. 14 and 22; of

said cord 1'5 to ascend. The upward movement of the said cord ends Hand 22, of course, causes the awning .50 andframe 2 to be swung upwardly on the pivots 3 and 4,

and tobe' positioned snugly against the wall device 5 in a clock- 1. But one of the importantfeatures of my invention residesinthe'spring 12 and its coacting connections. 1 When the frame 2 is position as shown in Fig. 1, said spring serves to holdthe chain 6 and cord 15 taut, so that no slack is any where possible, and when the awning and frameare lifted into the position just described against the wall 1, said spring 12 likewise holds all running parts taut so that no slack is possible. I

A little consideration will show that in every position of the parts, even when the awning is partially hoisted, the said spring an extra cord or connection 28, attach the same to said spring and to the wall 1 as at 29. At the point 23 on said frame 2, I likewise attach another spring 27, attach tosaid spring the extra cord 30, and likewise connect said cord 30 to the wall 1, as at 31.

It will be clear that the springs 12 and .27 in Fig. 2 will likewise serve to at all times hold the'running parts taut and prevent the awning flapping, creaking, etc., as disclosed in connection with Fig. 1.

In the form of invention shown in Fig. 3,

the hoisting means is located inside the window frame 35. One end 36 ofthe cord 37 is attached to the spring 12, which is attached as shown to the frame 2, and the end 7 of the sprocket chain 6 is attached to the other end of said cord 37. The chain 6 passes through one side of a double pulley 88 conveniently located 'on' the window frame 39, around the hoisting device 5 also conveniently located on said frame 39, then through the other side of said pulley 38,

and is joined to the bight 17 of the hoisting cord 15, which latter is rove through the various pulleys and is attached to the frame 2 in the same manner as has been disclosed in connection with the Figs. 1 and 2.

The form of the invention shown in Fig. 4 is substantially the same as that just de scribed in connection with 3, except that the awning 50, instead of being directly attached to the wall 1, is detachably secured to the frame 65 of a screen 66, which in turn is removably mounted in the Window frame 67 as by means of the hook 68 and eye member 69, see Fig. 7. In order however, that the spring 12 may operate with certainty, it is of course necessary to prevent the hoisting device 5 from accidentally turning in either direction, and to accomplish this, I provide said device '5 with the automatic holding dogs 40, and preferably otherwise construct the same as will now be disclosed, reference being had more especially to Figs. 5, 6, 9,

19 and 11. In Figs. 5 and 6, the hoisting device or casing 5 is provided with a sprocket 41,-mounted on the spindle 42;, and

around which fits the sprocket chain 6. To the spindle 42 is fitted the handle 25, and between the said handle and casing is located the star, or stop, wheel 43, which is ri id with the handle, and the teeth 44 of which are provided with the straight walls or sides v 45, making right angles with each other.

.Coacting with said walls 45 are the right angular disposed sides 46 and 47, of the holding members 48, ofthe dogs 40. Said dogs 40 are further provided with the finger holds 49, by which they may be turned on their pivots 51, to disengage the teeth 44.

In order that the holding members 48 may readily disengage said teeth 44, the parts are so proportioned and disposed that if the flat surfaces 46 when in engagement with flat surfaces or walls 45. on the teeth, are pro-' longed they will pass through the pivots 51, so that it follows if said finger holds 49 are moved'outwardly, or away from each other,-

the said surfaces 46 and47 will readily leave the walls 45 of their respective teeth and free the star wheel 43 and handle 25. On the other hand, said locking members 48 being heavier than said members 49, they will readily fall back into their locking positions shown in Fig.- 5, when the handle 25 is stationary.

It therefore follows that the holding dogs 40 will prevent the sprocket wheel 41 from moving accidentally and therefore will 'prebeing slacked off and the frame loosened through accident.

In the modified form of reel shown in Figs. .8 and -9, the parts appearing in Figs.

5 and'6 have received the same reference characters, but in these said Figs. 7 and 8, I

omit the sprocket wheel 41. I further locate the pivots 51 of the holding dogs 40 below the holding walls 45 of the teeth so that a single holding surface 47 of the holding members 48= is sufficient, and so that said surface 47 may readily leave its coacting tooth wall 45.

- Instead of the sprocket wheel 41, I provide the drum member 56, and mount it on the spindle "42 instead of said sprocket wheel 41, as-will be clear from Fig. 9. I also rovidethe two disks or flanges 57 for hol ing the cord or chain that may be wound on the drum member 56, away from the walls of the casing 5 as will be readily understood. This particular form of the invention is further well adapted for extending through a wall such as 58 and permitting the handle 25 to be operated inside the room instead of outside. In other words, this particular form of reel is adapted for use in connection with the type of invention disclosed in Figs. 8 and 4.

In Figs. 10 and 11, I have illustrated a still further modified form of reel which is adapted to be placed on almost any wall or vent the running parts of the invention from be considered as substantially the same, as

the form shown in Figs. 8 and 9.

It will now be clear that my invention is adapted for all sorts of awning frames, no

matter where they may be located,.and that by employing one or the other form of reel, the manipulation of said awning frame may be from almost any convenient point desired. It is therefore obvious that those skilled in the art may vary the details of the invention as well as the arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of the invention, and therefore Ido not wish to be limitedto the above disclosure except as may be required by the claims. Q

What I claim is: j

1. Ina device of the class described the combination of a vertically swinging awning frame; a cord having its ends secured in spaced relation .to said frame and provided with a bight between .said ends suitable guides for said cord; a flexible connection joined at one end to said bight; a rotatable hoisting means for moving said connection and bight provided with a locking device; a spring connected to said frame; and" a connection with said spring adapted to hold said flexible connections and cord taut at all times and'thereby prevent said frame from being rocked by the wind, substan tially as described.

2. In a device of the class described the combination of a vertically swinging awning frame; a cord having its ends secured to opposite sides of said frame and provided with a bight between said endsadapted to hoist said frame; a flexible connection joined at one end to said bight; a rotating hoisting device against movement in either direction. substantially as described.

3. In a device of the class described the combination of an awning frame; a cord having a bight adapted to hoist said frame, located on the outside of a building; a flexible connection joined at one end of said bight; a rotating hoisting device located on the inside of said building around which said connection passes; suitable pulleys for guiding said cord and flexible connection; av spring connected at one end to the other its own other end with said frame; and means for positively locking said hoisting substantially as described.

end of said flexible connection and joined at 7 4. In a hoisting means for awning-frames, r

the combination of a spindleymeans on said spindle for recelving and moving a flexible connection; a handle for turning said spindle; a locking star wheel rigid with said handle the adjacent walls of any two. adj acent teeth of the said'wheel being at right angles to each other; and a pair of opposed gravity dogs for positively engaging a pair of said teeth and thereby preventing said handle from turning in either direction, substantially as described. v

5. In a hoisting means for awning frames, the combination of a spindle; means comprising a sprocket wheel on said spindle for receiving and moving a flexible connection; a handle for turning said spindle; a locking star wheel rigid with said handle the adjacent walls of any two adjacent teeth of the "said wheel being at right angles to each having finger holds for moving the same in opposite directions, and having a pair of weighted holding members for positively engaging a pair of said teeth and thereby preventing said handle from. turning in either direction, substantially as described' In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses. H HENRY E. THOMPSON; Witnesses:

ALBERT E. SHEPARD,

HERMAN P. IVOLFF.

65 device against movement'in either direction, 

